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Blood on the river : a chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the Wild Coast

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Blood on the river : a chronicle of mutiny and freedom on the Wild Coast

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Kars, Marjoleine, author

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Topics
Slave rebellions -- Guyana -- Berbice -- History -- 18th century, Enslaved persons -- Guyana -- Social conditions -- 18th century, Berbice -- History -- 18th century
Publisher
New York : The New Press
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printdisabled; internetarchivebooks
Contributor
Internet Archive
Language
English
362 pages : 24 cm

"The story of a massive eighteenth-century slave rebellion in the Dutch colony of Berbice (now Guyana) which had been all but forgotten. Historian Marjoleine Kars recovers a riveting tale from the archives, including rare first-person accounts from African-born slaves"--

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-347) and index

Rehearsal -- Labor camps -- Overthrow -- Governing -- The Long Atlantic Reach -- Expanding the revolution -- Stalemate -- Rebellious soldiers -- Palace revolution -- Turn of the tide -- The Battle for the Berbice -- Wild sang & little glory -- Outsourcing the war -- Justice sideways -- Epilogue
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urn:lcp:bloodonriverchro0000kars:epub:96aba4e4-b9e9-47f3-b8da-29f1294605f6
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Invoice
1652
Isbn
9781620974599
9781620974605
Lccn
2019053892
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